Improvement in hinges



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SAMUEL SELDEN AND W. J. 'F. LIDDELL, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TOJOHN G. SELDEN, OF THE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 66,893, dated July 16, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN mess.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL SELDEN and W. J. F. LIDDELL, of Erie, in thecounty of Erie, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a. new anduseful improvement on the Reversible Loose-Jointed Door-Hinge; and we dohereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same,refercncebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Fignre 1 is a perspective view, and I Figure 2is a vertical section through the centre of the joint. I

A O and D B, bands of the hinge; e 2, point in the pin-hole, where thereis a stop to prevent the pin from falling through; f and g h, sectionsof these stops in the pin-holes, represented solid with the bands; 1' i,the

pin of the hinge; J, K, L, and M, leaves of the hinge; n 0, point of thestop where the hinge is reversed.

The operation of the improvement is as follows: Fig. 1 represents thearrangement of the leaves for a left hand door. The pin i 2" stops a-tf.Fora right-hand door the band 7 is placed upon S, and the pin stops at gh.

The stopsf and g It may be movable plugs, and may be nearer the lowerends of the pin-holes or g. In thiscase the pin can be longer, and thestops would be held in place by friction or otherwise. The stops mayalso be screws. In the left-hand door the stop would be held in a,thread cut in the barrel at 1-, and for a right. hand door the plugwould be held in the same way at 1., fig. 2.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The stop in the hand of the loose-jointed reversible door-hinge,constructed as specified, and for the purposes set forth.

SAM. SELDEN,

W. J. F. LIDDELL.

Witnesses:

J. W. WETMonE, E. CAMPHAUSEN.

